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Pick of the Day: 2023 Vulture Festival (in LA) 11/12 & 11/13
October 17, 2023
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November is approaching fast, which means Vulture is coming to LA. Thankfully, that’s not anything resembling the CA state bird, the California Condor, circling its prey. Instead, it’s a highly curated gathering of the most chic happenings possible via NY Magazine’s cool arm (including a live Comedians You Should & Will Know showcase).

Vulture Festival is coming back to Hollywood once again on Sat. Nov. 12th and Sun. 13th, but taking over a new location, nya Studios, which actually puts its squarely in the “Netflix Valley” of Hollywood (which means you’ll probably still see a picket line if the SAG-AFTRA strike isn’t over in another month).

So far, they’ve announced:

Weird Al Superlatives Live!

Matt Rogers Holiday Spectacular Sing-a-Long Extravaganza (Album Version)

A Big Long Talk With Cord Jefferson (writer/director of what will likely be the end of the year comedy hit, American Fiction)

An Intimate Evening with Adam Pally

That’s just a taste of what’s to come.

Tickets are only $25-$30 per show and you can (and very much should) go snag tix here, before they sell out (Vulture tends to sell out their events).

Pick of the Day: Hopkins & Friends (in NYC) 1/22
January 18, 2023
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Sometimes, there’s just an amazing line-up for a classic stand-up show at a comedy club and tickets are still available for not a crazy price and those things together are worthy of highlighting.

Such is the case of Hopkins & Friends at The Stand this Sunday. Along with host Jess Hopkins, an incredibly choice NYC line-up of Adam Pally, Phoebe Robinson, Moses Storm, Daniel Simonsen, James Austin Johnson, Dina Hashem, Ilana Glazer, and John Hopkins (assuming that’s not someone from the prestigious medical institution?) will be taking The Stand’s Main Room stage at 8PM on Jan. 22nd and you ought to know that will be one hell of a show.

Also, tickets are only $25 (and there’s no item minimum). Go get ’em before they sell out here.

 

Stop What You’re Doing and Enjoy the Season 2 Trailer of Ziwe
April 14, 2022
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For the last few years, few other comedians have ascended quite like Ziwe, writing on one of the best late night shows on the air right now, Desus & Mero, to having the hottest IG Live show during lockdown, Baited with Ziwe, to having her own groundbreaking late night variety talk show, the eponymous Ziwe.

The first season of Ziwe having the keys to her very own talk show was some of the most delectable satire in late night and this next upcoming season (streaming Fri. Apr. 29th on Showtime) is going to one-up that as you can see in this season 2 trailer here.

Ziwe will march on in her iconic mission to be unflinching in picking apart issues and celebrities (and even her own writers). This season will have Baited-ish interviews with Ilana Glazer, Chet Hanks, Nicole Byer, Hannibal Buress, Adam Pally, Charlamagne Tha God, Emily Ratajkowski, Katya Zamolodchikova, and Mia Khalifa (and the Hannibal, Ilana, and Chet ones seem like they’ll be iconic from the get go).

Truly, knowing that season 2 of Ziwe is just around the corner, Apr. 29th suddenly seems so far away and can’t come soon enough.

 

Pick of the Day: Casey Wilson’s The Wreckage of My Presence Virtual Book Tour
April 29, 2021
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We sincerely hope that, at this point, there’s something that you’ve come across in the work of Casey Wilson that you’ve loved. Happy Endings, Hotwives, Bitch Sesh, and so much more have brought Wilson to have such an extensive, cherished career ini comedy. Thus, she wrote a whole collection of essays about her time through all of it that’s lovingly called The Wreckage of My Presence. It’s set for release on May 4th, but you can (and should) pre-order here.

Of course, she’s going to do a book tour, but as a certain pandemic is still happening, it’ll have to be virtual. However, that’s an opportunity to support many lovely bookstores/venues/festivals as well as source out a very stacked collection of special guests as you can see below.

4/29 with June Diane Raphael
5/4 with Kristen Wiig via Skylight Books/Dynasty Typewriter
5/5 with Ziwe via Greenlight Booksttore
5/6 with Adam Pally via Sixth & I
5/12 with Jessi Klein and Andrew Rannells via Chicago Humanities Festival

Just from those few dates, that’s one hell of a book tour and you should go to any or all of these book release events for The Wreckage of My Presence.

Pick of the Day: Valentine’s with Yassir 2/12
February 9, 2021
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Believe it or not, there are actually a lot of great choices for comedy live-streams for this Valentine’s Day weekend. Even though that’s the case, one of the best line-ups just also happens to be a fundraiser for a crucial LA City Council.

Truly progressive candidate Al Corado is running to unseat District 13 incumbent Mitch O’Farrell on a platform of defunding the police, housing all unhoused people in Los Angeles, and in a Green New Deal. To raise money for his campaign, the hysterical and one of the all-time-best on Twitter Yassir Lester will be leading of a stellar line-up of: 

Blair Socci
Atsuko Okatsuka
Adam Pally
Paul Scheer
Jon Gabrus
Garrick Bernard
Madison Shepard
Chris Garcia
Christina Catherine Martinez
Chelsea Devantez

See how stacked that is? If you’re going in on one comedy live-stream this weekend, this should be one of your top choices if not your top choices.

Valentine’s with Yassir is set for Fri. Feb. 12th at 8PM PT/11PM ET. Tickets start at $5 and go up to $500+. Go get tickets here.

For more information on Al and his campaign, visit ALforLA.com. 

The President Show Has a Special White House Coronavirus Task Force Debriefing
April 14, 2020
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To date, Anthony Atamanuik and his portrayal of Trump, especially on Comedy Central’s The President Show, is one of the best takes on Trump that we think has ever been (especially since Atamanuik often riffs an insane thing in character and Trump ends up saying that insane thing).

Though the show came to an end awhile back in the “before times” (less than two years ago actually), Atamanuik donned his pitch perfect Trump and was joined by Peter Grosz and Adam Pally who played VP Mike Pence and Don Jr. on the aforementioned President Show to show what’s likely going on with Trump and his team after one of his daily briefings via Zoom.

Please enjoy it here.

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Adam Pally Let’s Chaos Reign Yet Again on Conan as “Snaredevil”(?)
May 2, 2018
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In case you don’t know, Adam Pally is one of the 2010s best late night guests because he sets himself up for a hot, hot mess as opposed to a typical mildly entertaining story that most guests tell during panel interviews. We know that we posted about Most Likely to Murder just a few hours ago, but we couldn’t resist putting this up today too because it indeed so amazingly “off-the-rails”.

Without any further ado (or any sort of explanation), enjoy Pally’s latest performance here.

Most Likely To Murder, a Raunchy Modern Screwball Comedy Thriller, Out Now on Digital Platforms, VOD, and DVD
May 2, 2018
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Though you may have not known that you’d want some sort of cross between Rear Window and an episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (with a sprinkling of Young Adult on top), it’s what indie comedy Most Likely To Murder so deliciously serves up for you to enjoy.

It’s a unique murder mystery as it’s so laugh-out-loud funny throughout, but also so engrossing to follow and enjoy Adam Pally as a very, very amateur sleuth and getting his comeuppance at almost every turn. A great supporting cast in Rachel Bloom, Doug Mand (Most Likely to Murder’s co-writer), and Vincent Kartheiser play off of Pally’s disgraced former HS king come home so well from so many different angles. Also, props to co-writer/director Dan Gregor for oh so slightly toeing the line between having a plethora of physical comedy set pieces and just enough thriller elements to keep the audiences on its toes.

You can now get Most Likely to Murder digitally, on demand, or on DVD, which we highly recommend, here.

Watch Trailer for Noir-ish Comedy “Most Likely to Murder” Starring Adam Pally, Rachel Bloom, and Vincent Kartheiser
March 9, 2018
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If you wonder how Adam Pally might handle a situation like the one in Hitchcock’s classic Rear Window, look no further than Most Likely to Murder.

Pally unintentionally stumbling into a mystery along with Rachel Bloom and Vincent Kartheiser as seen in this trailer looks pretty fun. Dan Gregor who directed and co-wrote with Doug Mand have got some pretty clever bits of physical comedy in here.

If you’re into it, look for Most Likely to Murder to be released digitally on May 1st.

Lionsgate’s Studio L Will Release Noir Comedy “Most Likely to Murder” with Adam Pally, Rachel Bloom, and Vincent Kartheiser
February 26, 2018
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Lionsgate’s Studio L Will Release Noir Comedy “Most Likely to Murder” with Adam Pally, Rachel Bloom, and Vincent Kartheiser

Dan Gregor and Doug Mand wrote and produced what ought to be a great start under Lionsgate’s new production arm Studio L. 

On May 1st, this noir-style comedy with Bloom, Pally, and Kartheiser that is targeted at millennials, will roll out digitally. 

All of this, including the cast, genre, release strategy, has our curiosity peaked very high and we’ll definitely be keeping a close eye out for a trailer. 

The President Show Sings Us All an Existential Song for Christmas
December 24, 2017
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On this Christmas Eve 2017, let Anthony Atamanuik and his President Show gang give us a nice “Christmas carol” to lead us into the actual day of Christmas.

By “Christmas carol”, we mean a darkly funny rendition of Aimee Mann’s “Wise Up”.

Watch, enjoy, and get into the “spirit” here.

Watch Chris Gethard Suspended Over a Freezing Ice Bath with Adam Pally Barely Holding Him Up
August 25, 2017
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Only The Chris Gethard Show would come up with such an “innovative” way to do weightlifting that also doubles as a nightmare scenario for host Chris Gethard.

Enjoy what they dubbed “The Gethpress 3000″ here.

Also, for good measure on a fitness themed episode of TCGS, here’s the show’s warm-up Connor Ratliff being forced to do a session of CrossFit. 

Watch Trailer for Band-Aid Where Adam Pally and Zoe Lister-Jones Try to Solve Being a Dysfunctional Couple by Forming a Band
June 5, 2017
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There are many comedies following the trials and tribulations of a relationship. Off the top of our head, we can’t think of one that involves the couple whose love is in question forming a three piece rock band as a solution.

Zoe Lister-Jones wrote, directed, and co-starred in this nifty take on a romantic comedy entitled Band-Aid.

See what we’re talking about in this trailer.

It’s in theaters in limited release right now as well as available on VOD.

Also, as an added bonus, Fred Armisen is an unassuming neighbor that plays the drums.

Hulu Is Developing an Animated Comedy from Adam Pally Based on @LosFelizDaycare on Twitter
May 28, 2017
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Hulu Is Developing an Animated Comedy from Adam Pally Based on @LosFelizDaycare on Twitter

Jason Shapiro’s @losfelizdaycare has built up an impressive following over the last four years by satirizing the most modern and progressive version of parenting around. 

Now, it’s going to be a series, which makes this the third Twitter-related comedy deal that has been struck this past week (the other two being a Netflix special for Ellen DeGeneres and Netflix developing the buddy comedy between Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o from what was originally some wishful thinking on Twitter)

As an animated series on Hulu and with Adam Pally in the mix, we’re very intrigued as to how this project might shape up and how not for kids this show about taking care of kids might be.

19th Annual DCM Line-Up, Schedule, Tickets, and Passes Now Available
May 19, 2017
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One of the most renowned, if not the most renowned, improv events in the world is just around the corner.

The 19th Annual Del Close Marathon is coming next month and it, per usual, has an extremely stacked line-up as you can see above.

If you’re planning on going (and we hope that you would be) get your tickets and passes ASAP.  

Adam Pally Provides More Proof That He Might Be the Next Go-To Great Late Night Guest
March 21, 2017
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As we’ve said before, there are a handful of people that get to go on late night talk shows and bring enough of their own spunk to make for several memorable moments that will endure the test of time. Bill Murray, Stephen Wright, and Charlyne Yi come to mind for us in this regard.

With several appearances with ridiculous get ups and entrances, including this most recent one from last night’s Conan, we’ll add Adam Pally to that list of who you should always catch on late night.

Honestly, we wouldn’t be surprised if people started cosplaying with Pally’s various costumes over the years.

The Tradition of Weird Late Night Guest Entrances/Costumes Continues with Adam Pally
March 6, 2017
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Out of dozens of late night guests that sit on a couch and hang out while America watches, only a handful are bold and funny enough to come up with weird ways to enter, costumes to wear, and anything else that will take the interview beyond the usual small talk and plug of their project. 

People like Bill Murray take some chances and end up with some comedy gold.

Now, Adam Pally is continuing this “tradition” as he is racking up plenty of great weirdness during his late night appearances.

His entrance to his interview on Kimmel from this week is pretty spectacular. Watch it here.

We’ll be looking for a bit of this controlled chaos on Making History.

The Series Premiere of Making History Is Tonight
March 5, 2017
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Adam Pally and Yassir Lester begin messing with the human timeline tonight with the series premiere of Making History on Fox at 8:30PM. 

By the way, we have a feeling that Pally and Lester might give Bill and Ted a run for their money as far as time traveling comedies go.

With this latest creation from Julius Sharpe and executive producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, Fox is, show by show, continuing to be the home of network high concept sitcoms. 
February 28, 2017
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Making History is Fox’s latest comedy and will be premiering this Sunday, March 5th.

Just a few days before that, you can catch two episodes along with a Q&A with the cast and creator for free at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. 

Attendance is free, but RSVP is required. Take care of that here.

Fox’s Making History Gets a New Trailer and a Premiere Date
January 13, 2017
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Phil Lord and Chris Miller continue to leave their high concept comedy mark on Fox with the arrival of Making History, written by Julius Sharpe (you probably know his work from Family Guy or Twitter).

Adam Pally, Yassir Lester, John Gemberling, Neil Casey, and Leighton Meester all join forces for this time travel comedy, which, from the newest trailer, looks like it could be a more grown-up, smarter version of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.

If you’re now or already on board, Making History just got a premiere date as well: Sunday, March 5th.

Rachel Bloom Leads Off a Meta, Star Filled, We-Are-The-World Style Song “HOLY SH*T (You’ve Got to Go Vote)”
November 5, 2016
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HOLY SH*T (You’ve Got To Vote) from Moby

Celebrities cursing seem to to be taking the place of them simply telling you to “rock the vote”. Maybe things are just that dire this election, maybe? 

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Rachel Bloom leads of a song that not only indulges in an expletive-laden ballad with the likes of Elizabeth Banks, Mony, Adam Scott, Adam Pally, Mayim Bialik, Melissa Rauch, Jane Lynch, Paul Scheer, Amber Rose, June Diane Raphael, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Naya Rivera, and Ginger Gonzaga, but also makes fun of all those songs where celebrities come together to encourage the general public to take action for a good a cause. 

Watch it here and, oh yeah, make sure you go vote.

Adam Pally and Katie Nolan Guess Over/Under on Very Surprising, Random Olympics Facts
August 12, 2016
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Whether or not you’re watching the Rio Olympics, you should give Garbage Time with Katie Nolan’s segment where her and guest Adam Pally take guesses on whether certain numbers regarding certain Olympics facts are over or under the actual, factual number.

In case you weren’t aware, sports and comedy intersect quite nicely thanks to Katie Nolan and her team at Garbage Time.

“Joshy” Trailer Has Thomas Middleditch Continue with Bachelor Party After Wedding Has Been Called Off
June 27, 2016
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With an ensemble cast of Thomas Middleditch, Nick Kroll, Adam Pally, Brett Gelman, Alex Ross Perry, Jenny Slate, and Aubrey Plaza, you might think you’re listening to a supersized episode of Comedy Bang! Bang!

However, for the moment, that’s not the case. That cast has been assembled for the dramedy, Joshy, from Jeff Baena. Middleditch plays a groom-to-be whose wedding gets called off, but has to go through with the bachelor party anyway.

Sounds fun, huh? 

Here’s the trailer.

Look for it in theaters starting August 12th, then streaming on Hulu.

Fox Unveils Trailers for “Son of Zorn”, “Making History”, and “The Mick”
May 17, 2016
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It looks like Phil Lord and Chris Miller are really rubbing off on Fox in the best way possible.

Two of the new comedies that were announced at Fox’s Upfronts presentation have Lord and Miller’s hands involved and those just happen to be two very enticing high concept comedies.

One, Son of Zorn, puts an animated He-Man type, voiced by Jason Sudeikis, into the 9-5 grind in the real world with Johnny Pemberton as a son, Cheryl Hines as an ex-wife, Tim Meadows as the ex-wife’s fiance, and Artemis Pebdani as his boss. Here’s the trailer.

The other involves Adam Pally as someone who has a time machine and has abused it. Thus, he enlists an accomplished history professor played by Yassir Lester to fix something he might have screwed up in the American Revolution. Here’s the trailer for Making History.

Both make Fox’s live action comedy line-up have a certain high concept sheen already laid out by Last Man on Earth and Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

To round out the new series, Fox has a show that is basically a Sweet Dee from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia standalone series. See for yourself in the trailer for The Mick starring Sweet Dee herself, Kaitlin Olson.

All in all, Fox has a lot of promise with this trio.

Adam Pally to Star in Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s Fox Time Travel Comedy Pilot “Making History”
February 25, 2016
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Fox is really feeling the high concept comedy vibe from Lord and Miller.

Already, Phil Lord and Chris Miller have Last Man on Earth at the network, which has proven itself a keeper for two seasons. Now, Fox is doubling down by having another pilot from the duo that mixes sci-fi and comedy, though dealing with time travel rather than what happens after the world ends. 

Adam Pally will star in Making History as computer science professor that doesn’t seem to get along with family or students, but discovers time travel. He and two other friends will venture through time inevitably disrupting their lives in the present. 

Oddly enough, Eliza Coupe, another Happy Endings alum, just got cast in a Hulu pilot that also deals with time travel.

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